Fulgurex

Fulgurex is a manufacturer of Brass models of railway rolling stock.

History[]

Fulgurex was created in 1947 as a specialized model train shop located in Lausanne, Switzerland by the bishop , a tin plate train collector and the official distributor of the VB brand in Switzerland.

In 1962, in collaboration with , Fulgurex started to produce its own brass models. The first was a 141 R steam engine, reproduced in H0 scale. In 1967, it launched its first model in O scale, followed by 1 gauge in 1970, then N scale in 1983.

In the 1970s Fulgurex produced 1/12 scale models of the Mercedes-Benz SSKL and Bentley 8 Litre.

A prototype of a Bugatti Type 59 was produced but was never put into production because of the high price, which at the time was about US$895.^[1] In today's dollars that is approximately US$8,000.00. Because of the high price very few of these models were made and sold.

References[]

• Giansanti, Coluzzi (c. 1982). "Trains On Avenue De Rumine". New Cavendish Books. ISBN 9780904568325. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links[]

• FULGUREX Precisions Models

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